Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-09-06 | Page 11 | Welter Title Bout to Feature Downing Card

Welter Title Bout to Feature Downing Card George Seeks Tollestrup's Int Crown CrowD Another Headliner Planned l Promoter Continues Round Four-Round Policy The intermounTain welterweight boxing championship the axis which Hardy K Downings Downing's revival ot of f boxing revolved last swinter vinter will wilt pi Op back into the spotlight next Monay Mon Mon- Monday day ay evening when Promoter Downing Down Down- ing ng opens his season of ot Manhattan club lub battles at the Hippodrome thea thea- ter er Downing gave official notice of the he the resumption of the round four-round game ame immediately alter after he signed Clare Ciare Tollestrup of Gunnison holder of f the welter title tille and Sammy George erstwhile Salt Lake newsboy news news- boy oy for the six round headliner of the he program Downings Downing's plan of action for his bouts outs will be based again on the policy which he made successful ful and nd which made him successful in Salt Lake for 20 odd years ears He will give ive the fans alm almost t every Monday around round 30 thirty rounds of boxing with one or or- more six round headliners head head- liners iners and the rest of the program in n fast action round four battles attles As far as ns possible he will use local talent until such time as asle the le local stars outgrow home com corn petit petition on upon which occasion he will vill import outside talent to test the local ocal youngsters If there is any logical reason for it Downing will willow now ow and then extend his six-round six limit to eight or ten In his opening headliner Promoter Downing believes that he will vilL give the ie fans one of ot the most interesting interest interest- ing ng battles of ot the season When ht he ie resumed boxing last season most of f his headline battles revolved about the ie disputed welterweight title Finally Downing started a round robin for the affair which was finally won by Ennis Terry when the ie Draper boy got a break and was reinstated after being knocked out by y Sammy George who broke his hand land and had to retire from com corn petition Before the season was over Tollestrup came back in a sensational battle attle to redeem the former decision de- de ision against him by winning a decision over the Draper boy and that is where the situation I stands now George will be the first of the thc seaon season sea sea- son on to engage as challenger for the title itle His consistently consistently- fine perform perform- ance his victory over over all all of f the local welters including Terry Terr his clever boxing ability to take it and solid punching make him not only a for formidable formidable formidable foe for the ch champion n but buta a worthy opponent for tor any local youngster sent against him With the championship bout bout- boutas as thc the background for the opening program pro gram Matchmaker Kid Davis ex ex- to announce another six round headliner to be coupled with aleast at al least east four preliminaries of four rounds each and g get t the rabid Man h lattan hattan club fans off of to a rousing start tart in the short round d game sea son on